A solar energy harvesting circuit for low power applications

2008 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, ICSET 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 945-949

  Dondi, D ^a   Bertacchini, A ^a   Larcher, L ^a   Pavan, P ^a   Brunelli, D ^b   Benini, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SENSOR NODES; SOLAR RADIATION; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURES; CIRCUIT OPTIMIZATIONS; ENERGY HARVESTERS; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LIGHT INTENSITIES; LOW-POWER APPLICATIONS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCIES; OPERATING FREQUENCIES; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING; WIRELESS EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 62949235358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSET.2008.4747143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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